Eminem asks Matthew Stafford for a favor: 'Can you just let us have this one?'
The Detroit rapper addressed the former Lions quarterback in a video released Saturday.
Adam GrahamEminem has a request for Matthew Stafford: Give the Lions a break.
"Can you just let us have this one? Just this one?" the Detroit rapper asked the Los Angeles Rams quarterback in video released Saturday.
In the short video, Eminem — wearing a Barry Sanders hoodie — addressed the former Lions QB, who plays his old team Sunday at Ford Field when the Lions face the Rams in the first round of the NFL playoffs. It's the Lions' first home playoff game in 30 years, and the first-ever playoff game at Ford Field.
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"Stafford, what'd I say? You owe me this favor bro," Em says in the video released on social media by NBC's Sunday Night Football account. "I was there for you when you won it. I was right there. I rapped for you, Stafford! Bro, I rapped for you!"
Eminem performed at the halftime game of Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige. At that 2022 game the Rams, led by Stafford, beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20.
Em is a Lions superfan who visited the team's training camp in 2022, and he made his way to Ford Field to watch the Lions take on the Carolina Panthers in October.
Kickoff for the Lions/ Rams game is 8:15 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on NBC.
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